ATI Radeon HD 3830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

ATI Radeon HD 3830 $129
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX $299
320 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
668MHz
128 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
675MHz
Peak AI Performance
430 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.43 TOPS
INT32
FP32
430 GFLOPS
FP32
430 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
75W
TDP
140W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • Same Performance vs GeForce 9800 GTX
  • Same Performance vs Radeon HD 3830
Radeon HD 3830 - 430 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce 9800 GTX - 0.43 TOPS INT32
x1

FP32

  • Same Performance vs GeForce 9800 GTX
  • Same Performance vs Radeon HD 3830
Radeon HD 3830 - 430 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce 9800 GTX - 430 GFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 62% slower vs GeForce 9800 GTX
  • 2.66x faster vs Radeon HD 3830
Radeon HD 3830 - 26.5GB/s
x1
GeForce 9800 GTX - 70.4GB/s
x2.66
  • 46% lower vs GeForce 9800 GTX
  • 87% higher vs Radeon HD 3830
Radeon HD 3830 - 75W
x1
GeForce 9800 GTX - 140W
x1.87
Manufacturer
ATI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Architecture
Tesla
Family
Radeon HD 3000
Family
GeForce 9000
Codename
Boom
RV670
Variant
RV670 Pro
Codename
NV92
G92
Variant
G92-420-A2
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/1/2008
Release Date
4/1/2008
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
55nm
Fabrication Node
65nm
Die Size
192 mm²
Die Size
324 mm²
Transistor Count
666 Million
Transistor Count
754 Million
Transistor Density
3.47M/mm²
Transistor Density
2.33M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
320 Shaders
Shading Units
128 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
Compute Units
4 CUs
-
-
-
668MHz
1688MHz Shader
675MHz
Peak AI Performance
430 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.43 TOPS
INT32
FP32
430 GFLOPS
FP32
430 GFLOPS
FP64
90 GFLOPS
-
-
-
-
INT32
0.43 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
10.688 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
10.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
10.688 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
43.2 GTexel/s
L1
Unknown
L1
Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
256MB
GDDR3
512MB
GDDR3
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
828MHz
Transfer Rate
1.7GT/s
Bandwidth
26.5GB/s
Clock
1100MHz
Transfer Rate
2.2GT/s
Bandwidth
70.4GB/s
TDP
75W
TDP
140W
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
Model
UVD 1.0
No Decoders
Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
-
-
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
4.1
-
-
GFX
3
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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